Truck.



No. 870,835. PATENIBD NOV. 12, 1907.

' I c. H. LOBW.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION rum) 0012s. 1906.

6M Inventor:

Arty CHARLES H. LOEW, OF LAKEWOOD, QHIO.

TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed 'icto'oi' 5. 1906. Serial No. 337.536.

To all whom'z't may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEsH. LOEW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to trucks and its novelty consists in theconstructionand adaptation of the parts.

The particular purpose of my invention is to provide a truck welladapted for use in the reception and trans; portation of bottlescontaining beer, to serve as a support for them while the beer is beingpasteurized, and again to serve as a means for transporting the bottlesto the labeling apparatus, all without removing or disturbing thebottles in anyway, or agitating or moving their contents.

The pasteurizing apparatus with which the truck is more particularlydesigned to be employed comprises any suitable chamber into which thetruck with its load of bottles may be rolled, and means closing thechamber and subjecting the bottles to the action of a pasteurizingmedium, for instance, by spraying them with heated water, or submergingthem in a bath thereof. l

The pasteurizing apparatus forms-no part of this invention and need notbe more particularly described. Its form, construction and mode ofoperation may be varied indefinitely, provided it includes a chamberinto which thetruck can be placed and means whereby a suitablepasteurizing medium may be admitted to the chamber.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved truck,Fig. 2 is a detail showing the manner in which the shelves are held inposition when inclined upward and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of one ofthe shelves when it is provided with a rounded bottom.

In the drawing, 1 designates the frame of the truck which is made 'ofany suitable size and material, but

preferably of steel or iron angle bars. It has a bottom 2 which isprovided with rollers 3, 3, 3. From the bottom arise two end framesconsisting of upright members 11. 111; 11.-and cross pieces 12. 12 thelatter being preferably made of angle iron one side of which 14 extendsinwardly. Diagonal braces 15, 15, are secured to the outer-uprights andto the bottom and serve to stiffen the structure, while a horizontal rodor bar 16 connects the middle uprights 111, 111 at their extremities. Itwill be understood of course that the parts are secured together bybolts or rivets, or in any other approved manner.

Longitudinally arranged within the framework and between the end framesare a series of horizontal shelves arranged in pairs. Each shelf isprovided with a perforated bottom 21 and with a rear side 22, a frontside 23 higher than the rear side 22, and two ends, 25, 25, connectingthe front and rear sides,'each end having a sloping top. The shelves arehinged at the rear. In the particular form shown the hinges are rivets26, 26, on which the end pieces 25, 25, can swing. It will be understoodthat any form of hinge may be employed. A swelling 27 on the part of theupright 111 adjacent to it, constitutes a means whereby, when theshelves are raised, they will remain in place without other aid.

A row of apertures 28 is arranged along the upturned front 23 of eachshelf. And the bottom 21 of the shelf may be rounded at 29 if desired,as shown in Fig. 3. The lowermost pair of shelves may be stationary, ifdesired.

In use when the truck is to beloaded the parts are assembled practicallyas shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

The bottles containing the beer are then placed on the lowermost pair ofshelves until they are filled. The

shelves next above are then pulled down until they are horizontal andare then filled. The next pair of shelves are then pulled down andfilled and so on until the truck is loaded.

It will be understood that the flanges 14, 14, serve as a rest orsupport for the shelves above and as a stop to limit their downwardswing. 'This is in addition to the limitation upon their movementimposed by the contact of their inner sides 22. The front sides 23 serveto hold the bottles from tipping out and the distance between any twoshelves vertically should be only slightly greater than the height ofthe tallest bot tles to be placed on the shelves.

By the use of my improved truck, all use of trays and boxes iseliminated. The bottles are placed on the shelves at the filler; Thetruck, when loaded, is rolled into the pasteurizer and subjected to theaction of the heating medium, the perforations in the bottom of theshelves permitting of the free passage of the water or other fluidemployed. When this operation is com pleted the truck is taken to thelabeling apparatus where the bottles are removed in the inverse order oftheir insertion. sists of a spray of hot water falling upon the bottlesfrom above the water runs out of the shelves through the perforations intheir bottoms, but usually the water is pp in greater quantity than-itcan thus be discharged, more'particularly as some of the perforationsare covered by the bottles. The hot water thus accumulates in theshelves.until it overflows through the holes and runs down along thesides until it drops by gravity. The bottles are thus kept sub merged inpart in a bath of waterpthe depth of which is predetermined by theheight of the holes 28 above the bottom 21.

The truck is cheap, strong, durable and safe. It

.saves time, labor and material.

It will be understood that somewhat wide variations may be made in thedetail of the device without (18* parting from its essential principles.

When the pasteurizing medium con-- What I claim as new is: v l. A truckcomprising a framework, a series of perforated shelves hinged thereinand means for keeping the .shelves in position when raised, comprising aprojection on the framework adapted to be brought into frictionalcontact with the side of the shield.

-2. A truck comprising middle end uprights, two shelves hinged at theirinner meeting edges on pivots supported in said uprights, supports forthe shelves when in horizontal positions, and a swelling on each uprightfor frictionally holding the shelves raised at an angle.

3. A truck comprising a frame composed of bottom bars and corner andmiddle end uprights, a series of sets of two shelves each hinged attheir inner meeting edges to the middle end uprights, bars forsupporting each set of shelves in line horizontally with each other, andmeans for supporting the shelves of each set when raised on their hingesat angles to the horizontal.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature'in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. LOEW.

Witnesses:

HERMAN MEYER, ALAN MCDONNELL.

